To update you, I will start volunteering at Irving Interfaith Clinic this week. I am excited to see how God uses me there and his purpose for connecting me with them. I am also applying this week to Charlton Methodist Hospital to volunteer there also. I cant wait to get involved and get some experience under my belt. With volunteering starting and the year coming to a close, CASPA deadlines are arriving very quickly. I have given myself the mental deadline of September 18 to make sure that I get all required documents and things in line so I can make sure I submit everything by the deadline. This being said, it is very likely I will be taking the GRE on Sept 4. YIKES! I am kinda nervous about the test, but I think it wont be as bad as I think. I luckily have been able to borrow a study guide from work so I can get some practice in before I take it.
Today ended my experience with summer tutoring. I was asked by a former IEP student to tutor his child and his friend during the whole summer while the friend was visiting. I tutored 4 days a week at their apartment and the experience was one like no other. It was my first time to tutor English to anyone under the age of 18. In the beginning it was very difficult to manage my control issues, but I was able to loosen up as time went on. The visiting child will return to Korea tomorrow and I hope he had a great summer with me as his "teacher"!
Vacation was great and I am so glad our family was able to get away a little for the summer and be near the ocean. It was filled with seafood, sun, sand, and sleep :) It was a very restful time. The best memory would be going to the Kemah boardwalk: spending the day on carnival rides and the night seeing live music! The worst memory would be the burn I got from using expired sunscreen on the SECOND day--that didnt make the rest of the trip as enjoyable, but it was still great! My new favorite quote: Je t'aime plus qu'hier moins que demain. (Translation: I love you more than yesterday, less than tomorrow)
Goodnight :)